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IAS officer resigns
Principal Secretary to the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,R C P Singh has resigned from the IAS.1984 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Singh had been on inter-cadre deputation to Bihar. He was scheduled to retire in 2018.
Dr. S.K. Jain NPCIL’s CMD gets 2 years extension
Dr. S.K. Jain Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has been given two years extension He was due to retire on May 31, 2010.
(We said this on March 9, 2010)
R. Ramchandran to be CMD, Andhra Bank 
R. Ramchandran Executive Director (ED) with the Syndicate Bank is poised to join Andhra Bank as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD).
M Narendra to be CMD, Indian Overseas Bank
M. Narendra, Executive Director (ED) with the Bank of India (BOI), is poised to join Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD).
R.N. Pradeep to be CMD, Corporation Bank
R.N. Pradeep, Executive Director (ED) with the Central Bank of India
(CBI), is poised to join Corporation Bank as its Chairman cum Managing
Director (CMD).
Arun Kaul to be CMD, UCO Bank
Arun Kaul, Executive Director (ED) with the Central Bank of India (CBI), is poised to join UCO Bank as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD).
S. Raman to be CMD, Canara Bank
S.Raman, Executive Director (ED) with the Union Bank of India (UBI) is poised to join Canara Bank as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD).
Nagesh Pydah to be CMD, Oriental Bank of Commerce
Nagesh Pydah Executive Director (ED) with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) is poised to join Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD).
H. S. U. Kamath to be CMD, Vijaya Bank
H. S. U. Kamath, Executive Director (ED) with the Canara Bank, is poised to join Vijaya Bank as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD).
Shivanandan is new DGP of Maharashtra
D Shivanandan  is new DGP of Maharashtra. 1976 batch IPS officer, Shivanandan, has succeeded A N Roy who retired  on May 31.
Dayal to be new Police Commissioner Mumbai
S S  Dayal  is new Mumbai Police Commissioner. 1977 batch IPS officer Sahay  has succeeded  D Shivanandan.
IA&AS officer Ms. Poonam Chaudhry transferred
Services of Ms. Poonam Chaudhry (IA&AS-1995), Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Chandigarh, on her relief by Sonam Palwar, are placed at the disposal of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), Chandigarh, for appointment to the post of Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer, on deputation basis from the date of taking over charge of the post and until further orders.
IT Commissioners transfer list in second week ?
Transfer list of Income Tax Commissioners is likely to be released around June 15.
Nita Kapoor is new Secretary Defence Finance
Nita Kapoor, an IDAS officer of 1973 batch, has taken over as new Secretary (Defence Finance).  She was Controller General of Defence Accounts before taking over her new assignment.
Lt Gen Kakria  is new MGMS (Army)
Lt Gen HL Kakria has taken over as new Director General of Medical Services (Army) from Lt Gen SR Mehta who has retired.
Deputation tenure of IPS officer extended
Inter cadre deputation  tenure of  Kumar Vishwajeet, from Andhra Pradesh to Uttarakhand, has been extended  till June 30. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Inter-cadre  deputation tenure of Alok Sharma extended
Inter cadre deputation tenure of Alok Sharma, from Uttar Pradesh to Uttarakhand, has been extended for a further period of 6 months beyond May, 10. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.
Ms Gupta promoted
Ms Jayashree Gupta, CMD, IDPL, has been elevated in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary with effect from May 10. She is 1973 batch CSS officer.
Deputation tenure of IG CISF extended
Central deputation tenure of Umesh Kumar, IG, CISF, has been extended for a period of three months beyond  June 11. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Inter-Cadre deputation of IFS officer  
Inter cadre deputation  of  Y.A. Thongtsar, from Kerala to Nagaland, has been  approved for a period of five years. He is 2003 batch IFS officer.
L.V. Bhaskara Reddy to be FA, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
L.V. Bhaskara Reddy on deputation to the Andhra Pradesh government is going to be Financial Advisor (FA) and Chief Accountant of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Reddy who so far was DDIT in Hyderabad is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 2003
batch. His deputation tenure will be of three years.
Who will be new DG of Arunachal Pradesh ?
Who will go to Arunachal Pradesh as DGP ?. Names of  1977 batch IPS officer Ms  K Deol, 1978 batch IPS officer Satish Chandra and 1980 batch IPS officer P R Meena  are doing the round.
Before retirement Roy spent one week in naxalite affected district
A.N. Roy who retired as DGP Maharashtra yesterday spent his last week with his policeforce in the naxalite affected Gadchiroli district. On account of his dynamic leadership Roy managed to contain the spread of Naxalites / Maoists in Maharashtra. Roy has had a distinguished track record of outstanding field service as Police Commissioner of Pune and Mumbai and DGP Maharashtra twice.
Salim Ali to be DGP Tripura also
Salim Ali DG Intelligence with the Tripura Government has been given additional charge as DGP of Tripura as present incumbent Pranay Sahay has proceeded on 45 days leave.Salim Ali is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Tripura cadre. While on deputation with the CBI he had handled cases relating to the killing of the then Indian Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi besides Priyadarshini Mattoo rape cum case. Sahay is an IPS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Tripura cadre.
Julio F. Ribeiro is Member of Vigilance Advisory Council
Julio F. Ribeiro, IPS (Retd.) is the Member of the reconstituted Vigilance Advisory Council, first set up by the Commission in the year 2004, with persons of great eminence as its members to advise and guide the Commission from time to time in the discharge of its statutory duties
Consent letters reach ED aspirants of banks
Consent letters have reached most of the aspirants for slots of Executive Directors (EDs) in different public sector banks
Pradeep Kumar likely to get 2 months extension
As the grapevine has it, Pradeep Kumar who is Member Finance on central deputation with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), is getting two months extension. His tenure was going to expire. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Fish on East & North East bound trains
Passengers travelling by trains bound towards East and the North East are being served fish instead of chicken in all trains.
Pant to be ADG Administration in Uttarakhand
Vijay Raghav Pant  is going to be (ADG) administration in Uttarakhand.He is 1978 batch IPS officer.
Bhagat is back to Uttarakhand
SK Bhagat  is back to the parent Uttarakhand cadre from central deputation. On return 1982 batch IPS officer Bhagat is going to be appointed new IG Crime, Law & Order.
7 elevated as Additional PCCFs in Tamil Nadu
As many as seven officers belonging to Tamil Nadu cadre of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been elevated as Additional PCCFs. They are S. Neelkanthan, Ansar R. Annamalai, R. Gunasekharan, Lakshmi Narayan, P.L. Anantsamy (all from 1979 batch), Vinod Kumar and Rama Kant Ojha (both from 1980 batch).
Raj Sekhar to join CBFC
Raj Sekhar is soon going to join on central deputation in the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Chennai. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre. Presently, he is Secretary Animal Welfare Board, Chennai.
Raveesh Kumar  moves to Jakarta
Counsellor in Indian High Commission London Raveesh Kumar has been moved to Jakarta.
26 people directly recruited by Competition Commission of India
As many as 26 people in the rank of Assistant Director & below have joined the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in a month's time. They are being imparted in house training
Sanjay Puri goes to Kabul
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as legal Advisor Ruling & Appeals (Tax Reform) in the Tax Administration Reform Project at Kabul in Afghanistan, the services of Sanjajy Puri, CIT (Advanced Ruling Authority), New Delhi, are placed at the disposal of above organization for a period of one year.
1992 batch IPS is IG in J & K
Two 1992 batch IPS officers Hemant Kumar Lohia, DIG Srinagar and Pankaj Saxena, DIG Vigilance Organisation have been promoted to the rank of IG in J & K.
Two 1991 batch IPS get pro-forma promotion
Two 1991 batch IPS officers of J & K cadre Rashmi Ranjan Swain and Arun Kumar Choudhary who are on deputation to the Government of India have been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of IG.
CCIT Chennai gets additional charge of Coimbatore
Mrs. PM Vasan, CCIT, Chennai, has been given the additional charge of the post of CCIT, Coimbatore, following the retirement of the present incumbent Arvind Pinto on May 31.
FMA @ Rs. 300 pm for central government pensioners / family pensioners
The government has given instructions for grant of Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) at the rate of Rs. 100 per month to central government pensioners / family pensioners residing in areas not covered under CGHS.
Workshop for Director, Deputy Secretary level officers
Ninth workshop for officers of the level of Director and Deputy Secretary in the Government of India on preparing notes for consideration of the Cabinet / Cabinet Committee will be held on June 15 and 16, 2010.
1996 batch IPS get DIG rank in J & K
Five 1996 batch IPS officers Mssrs Sham Lal Sharma,, Jagjit Kumar, Shafkat Wattali, M Ahmad Ganai and JP (Joginder Paul) Singh have been promoted to the rank of DIG in J & K.
New Vice Chancellor of Manipal University
K. Ramnarayan has taken over as new Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University.
IPS changes in Jammu & Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred certain IPS officers
.They are:
Mohammad Amin Shah IG Traffic to MD JK police Housing Corporation, Ravinder Kotwal MD JK police Housing Corporation to IG railways J&K, Hemant Kumar Lohia DIG central Kashmir range (CKR) on promotion IG Traffic J&K, Shafqat Ahmad Watali SSP Rajouri to DIG security, Pankaj Saxena DIG vigilance on promotion as IG vigilance,  Deepak Kumar DIG Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban Range to DIG central Kashmir range , K. K. Saini Srinagar DIG SKR Anantnag to DIG Traffic Jammu, Munish Kumar to be DIG Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban, A S Bali DIG Security to DIG South Kashmir range (SKR) Anantnag. Abdul Qayoom Manhas DIG North Kashmir Range (NKR) Baramulla to DIG Traffic Kashmir, Muneer Ahmad Khan DIG Traffic Kashmir to DIG North Kashmir Range (NKR) Baramulla. Sham Lal Sharma Divisional Commandant Civil Defence Jammu to Joint Director SKPA Udhampur. Jagjit Kumar Principal PTTI Vijaypur to Director, Civil Military Liaison Home , JP Singh SSP crime to DIG
IRP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar SSP vigilance to SSP traffic National Highway, Alok Kumar  SSP traffic National Highway to Section Officer (SO) to IG Armed J&K, R P Rasutra Section Officer (SO) to IG Armed J&K to SSP CID (SB) Jammu, Parminder Singh SSP Vigilance to SSP SSG J&K, Shakeel Ahmad Baig SSP Baramulla to SSP security Jammu, Johny William
SSP security Jammu to SSP crime Jammu, Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba SSP CID (SB) Jammu to SSP vigilance, Abdul Hamid SSP security Kashmir to commandant IRP Ist BN. Commandant, Mansoor Ahmad Untoo IRP Ist BN to SSP railways Kashmir , MA Ganai SSP railways Kashmir on promotion toDIG Human Rights J&K, Sheikh Mehmood SSP PCR Srinagar to SSP Baramulla. Rafiq-ul-Hassan Commandant IR 2nd BN to SSP security Kashmir, Ravinder Singh AD SKPA Udhampur to commandant, IR 11th BN, Ramesh Jalla SSP CID (CI) Jammu to SSP Rajouri, Sham Sunder Commandant IR 11th BN to AD SKPA Udhampur, Mahdeep Singh Commandant IRP 7th BN to commandant, IRP 9th BN. Javid Iqbal Farooqi Special assistant to DGP to SP PCR Srinagar. Kailash Chander Deputy commandant IR 13th BN to Principal STC Talwara, Abdul Majid Rather Deputy Commandant IR 4th BN to commandant IR 7th BN, Abdul Gani Choudhary AD SKPA Udhampur to Divisional Commandant civil
defence Jammu, Rajnesh Pran Sharma posted as Principal  PTTI Vijaypur, Mohammad Syed Pannu Principal PTS Manigam to AIG (Welfare) PHQ, Ramesh Kumar Bhat Additional SP Nowshera to SP Security HQrs, Dr. Ajit Singh Deputy Commandant IR 13th BN to AD SKPA Udhampur, Ms. Anita Sharma Deputy commandant, IR 3rd BN to Additional SP Reasi,
Sameer Rekhi AIG welfare PHQ to SP vigilance Jammu,  Kaushal Kumar SP security HQ to Additional SP Nowshera, Firdous Iqbal Deputy commandant, JKAP 7th BN to AIG PHQ, Ranjit Singh Samyal Additional SP Crime Jammu, Tahir Sajad Additional SP Poonch to Deputy commandant IR Ist BN, Anil Kumar Katoch Deputy commandant IR 6th BN to Vice
Principal PTTI Vijaypur, Ranjit Singh Samyal Additional SP Crime Jammu, Tahir Sajad
Additional SP Poonch to Deputy commandant IR Ist BN, Anil Kumar Katoch Deputy commandant IR 6th BN to Vice Principal PTTI Vijaypur, Kulbir Singh Additional SP crime Jammu to additional SP Kishtwar, Abdul Wahid Shah Deputy commandant IR 2nd to Additional SP crime Kashmir. Joginder Singh SP (Operations) Jammu to SP CID (CI) Jammu, Pawan Kumar Parihar Deputy commandant IRP 9th BN to SO (OPS) Jammu, Syed Shabir Geelani Additional SP Shopian to Deputy Commandant IR 12th BN, Mehraj-ud-Din
Deputy Commandant JKAP 14th BN to Additional SP Anantnag, Yougal Kumar
Additional SP Sopore to Additional SP Poonch, Mushtaq Mohammad Sadiq
SSP CID (CI) Kashmir to Principal PTS Manigam, Ashaq Hussain Bukhari
Principal STC Talwara to SSP CID (CI) Kashmir, Parshyotam Kumar Sharma
Deputy Commandant JKAP 12th Bn to Additional SP Ramban and Saif-ud-Din
Shah Additional SP Anantnag to Commandant Auxiliary Police Ist Bn.
Sahay is new Chairman of Railway Board
Vivek Sahay, Member, Traffic Railway Board, has taken over as new Chairman Railway Board (CRB). He is considered to be professional and a man of integrity.
(We said this on March 6 and on May30, 2010)
Lt Gen Bhargava moves to Army Tribunal
Lt Gen Pradip Bhargava has moved to the Army Tribunal against the appointment of Lt Gen Naresh Kumar for the post of DG-Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).Bhargava claims to be senior to Kumar.
J M Phatak to be CMD REC
J M Phatak is being appointed new CMD of the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).Orders  are expected to be issued in a day or two. Phatak is 1978 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Chairman of CBDT gets charge of Personnel
Chairman of CBDT S S N Moorthy has been given charge of Personnel.Member Personnel in the CBDT Shaik Naimuddin  has retired on May 31.
Dr VK Bahuguna poised to be DG, ICFRE
Dr VK Bahuguna a 1979 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Tripura cadre is set to become the new Director General of ICFRE in the apex scale of Rs 80,000 a prestigious Forestry institution. The post of DG ICFRE is open to both scientist and IFS officers and Dr Bahuguna’s choice shows Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s
honest intentions to promote and bring competent officers of domain expertise in the forestry research and in fulfillment of his assurance to the scientists to post well qualified officers of proven track record as the new DG. Dr VK Bahuguna with 150 research publications is an internationally acclaimed forester from India.At present he is a Member in the NRAA.

Nand Kishore is new CGDA
Nand Kishore has been appointed as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) .1974 batch IDAS officer will succeed Ms Neeta Kapoor.
IAS officer to file nomination papers for Rajya Sabha
Principal Secretary to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish KumarR C P Singh  who has resigned from the IAS is reportedly filing nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha from JD (U) .1984 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Singh had been on inter-cadre deputation to Bihar.

11 IAS officers of 2001 batch get JAG in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Government has given the Junior Administrative Grade to 11 IAS officers of 2001 batch with efferct from January 1. They are: T.N.Venkatesh Joint Commissioner (Admin) Commercial Taxes Chepauk Chennai, Dr. P. Umanath Collector, Coimbatore , Rajendra Ratnoo Collector Kanniyakumari -Nagercoil , R. Lalvena Director Adminstrative Training Institute Khatla Aizwal , R. Kirlosh Kumar Deputy Secretary Finance Department Chennai , T. Soundiah Collector Tiruchirappalli , V. Palanikumar  Joint Commissioner Revenue Administation Ezhilagam Chepauk- Chennai, M. Jayaraman Collector Tirunelveli ,Dr. V.K. Shanmugam Collector Krishnagiri, R. Sudalaikannan Collector Erode and U. Sagayam Collector Namakkal.

CORPORATE
Jha is new CMD of SECL
Coal India has appointed N K Jha as new CMD of the SECL.He is taking over on Tuesday.
Ravi Sharma is new CEO of Adani Power
Ravi Sharma has joined the Adani Group to head Power Sector. He was earlier the head of Alcatel-Lucent in South Asia and Datacom Solutions, Videocon's mobile services company.
Patel appointed Chairman of KRIBHCO
V R Patel has been elected as the new chairman of the fertiliser cooperative KRIBHCO .
Bakshi is Alternate Director on D-Link (India) Board
D-Link (India) Limited Board of Directors has appointed  Anil R. Bakshi as Alternate Director to Ms. Hui Lin Chen Lin .
Philip Tracy appointed Alternate Director on Cairn Board
Cairn India Limited has appointed Philip Tracy as an alternate Director to Sir William B.B. Gammell w.e.f. May 27, 2010.
Kelkar is Additional Director
Britannia Industries Limited has appointed Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar as an additional Director on the Board of the Company with effect from May 28, 2010.
Tata Motors appoints Ranendra Sen as Independent Director 
Tata Motors Limited has appointed  Ranendra Sen, Independent Director as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from June 1, 2010.
Ramakrishnan gets new job
S. Ramakrishnan, Director (Projects), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram has been joined as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Amar Singh apologizes to Congress and Maya!!
He says he was framed in the 500 crore fraud case by Mulayam’s son and bhaaya (bro)!
 
So Amar is keeping his option open!!!
He may ally with Maya or a new chapter with Congress he’ll try to reopen!
 
After all at one time he was a Congressman!!
To get back into the humdrum of politics he’s doing whatever he can!!
 
He’s even willing to sing to Maya ‘ ek statue of Maya I’ll make and do its pooja’!!!
‘Then for me in politics there will be no dooja (other)’!!!
 
Sonia still gets hives when anyone takes Amar’s name!!
And she feels he’ll just get Congress infame!!
 
And then Amar still has Bachchan on his back or is it the other way around?
Amar has to forsake Bachchans if he’s Congress bound!!!
 
Is Advani in resurgence mode?????
He’s stepping out more and more from his abode!!
 
Ghadkari has proved to be a flop show!!
And at a wrong time on his business cum holiday trip he did go!!
 
He simply lacks the charisma needed to bring BJP back on track!
Now BJP will further crack!!
 
Indians to some extent have moved away from politics of Dharam!!
Now they want politics of karam!!
 
And BJP is still stuck in the past!!!
If BJP wants to stage a comeback it’ll have to change tracks fast!!!
 
I still cannot fathom Advani’s Jinnah brainwave!!
Why about Jinnah he had to rave????
 
Did he think that this would endear BJP to the majority minority back home????
What did he think their hearts are made of momm (wax)!!
 
Anil stayed at Mukesh’s guesthouse and next day RNRL share price rose!!
What would happen if for a reunion photograph both pose????
 
But then when going is good Markets ignore the worst news!!
And when the going is bad markets drop even on positive cues!!
 
Rupee vis-à-vis the $ goes up when Markets fall!!
And when Markets fall $ vis-à-vis the Rupee literally has a ball!!
 
So that means Indian Rupee stands on sand!!
On the $  inflows shake legs it does stand!!
 
Confucius says…. Nation that allows valuation of its currency on hot money inflows!!
Should realize hot money enters in a jiffy and like a dam burst out it flows!!

Bharat Kumar

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No more extensions please
It is unfortunate that PM could not find an equally efficient successor to K M Chandrasekar who was given two year tenure as Cabinet Secretary and two year extension total tenure of four years. This will frustrate nearly six IAS batches. They will be forced to become less interested in their contribution to the administration. As Revenue secretary, he ensured that seniority is the not criteria to reach CBTD and CBEC. He enforced a harsh transfer policy where by dozens of senior IRS officers left the service. Even now half of senior IRS officers are living without families thereby destroying their health. Those officers who opposed were handed over to CBI, just like beautiful girls in villages are made witches if she do not submit to village heads. The Industry got the last laugh as the tax subsidies increased from Rs. 60000 crores to Rs. 460000 Crores even if their companies are large and make huge profits. Even as Cabinet secretary one could only find news about his endorsement of Cabinet decisions . The District collectors are entrusted with nodal power to spend developmental budget, Cabinet secretary being head of IAS, we have not heard frequent direct interaction with the collectors. Even he is not given any credence for innovation of the NREGA program supposed to be the inclusive growth card. In this country during last six decades it is a policy to develop tribals to keep them at a distance from Naxal. When HM is fighting with naxals, there is no active reports where Cabinet Secretary convened deliberations with Secretaries of Tribal welfare from centre and state governments. Retired IAS officers like S N Krishnan and Dr B D Sharma have done great work in tribal areas but there is no news that they are roped in to bridge the aspirations of STs. There is no effort to fill due  percent IAS JS level empanelment for SC ST BC in centre. It is a fact that whenever new cab sec takes charge his informal advisors also change to promote innovation. Same coterie will be bad. Infatuation for Tharoor brought sweet equity at the cost of social equity, let no bureaucrat becomes so indispensable, lest backlash is dangerous. We have witnessed how religious backlash destroyed Advani, Indira, region backlash destroyed Rajiv, Caste backlash destroyed VP Singh. For the last 20 years economic backlash is awaiting to take revenge.
P Naresh
 
Three cheers for his extension.
One thing good about the present Cabinet Secretary (popularly known as KMC)is that he has not tried to harm any body and has helped any one if an injustice is brought to his notice.
N Sriram
 
Escalation in Crime
Crime in the country has escalated manifold. Lax morality, lax laws, changes in laws, poor law and order machinery; poorly paid, poorly trained and ill equipped police; lack of police reforms, poor investigation, long drawn out trials, society aping the west and all its ills and its crass materialism, the political class abdicating responsibility and indulging in corruption, withdrawal of cases against the high and mighty due to political expediency, breakdown of families and the institution of marriage, increased rates of divorce - where is all this going to lead? The countryside is suffering, so is the national capital, no part of the country is left out. Is it not time for solutions?
Vijay Kumar
 
Let’s be fair
Why should we put all the blame on the PIO and let the rule makers/interpreters go unscathed? The CPIO has gone as per his brief and by the letter of the law though perhaps not by the spirit. The root cause of the problem is the use of the word `Citizen' grained in the statute. The exact intent and purport of use of this term `citizen' and not the words, `any  person' or some other normal term should be sought out. The PIO being a civil servant, true to his nature, cannot be expected to be bold enough to provide "official information" to all and sundry.
R V Nathan
 
Tamasha and Serious Designations in CSSS
 
Tamasha Designations: 
PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO because they work is simply to attend telephone and maintain appointments of officers but wont't take the responsibility of taking dictation, typing and sitting late and comming to office on holidays.  And, of course Rs.5400 GP stenos because they are also getting Rs.6600 GP if they are working for nearly 10 years in GP of Rs.5400/-.  They have to simply come to office and leave office except for very few.  That is why it is tamasha designation.
 
Serious Designation:
 
All the Gr. 'D' Steno who have put in more than 23 years service and remaining adhoc 'C' without knowing when they will become regular.  But they have to take dictation, sit late, come to office on holids if required.  Just know DOPT has started updating the information reg these officials.  These sympatheitic persons are to work seriously  because they are holding serious designation.  If the PPS happens to be a lady, they can comfortably leave for home as early and thus leaving the poor steno 'D' or 'C' behind in office for the officials work.
Saran
 
It’s a social evil
Casteism & reservations in education, jobs, promotions and legisature is one of the biggest controversial subject in the country and has lead to many agitations at varying time intervals. The clarity of mind in Dr. Ambedkar's quote as mentioned by Anita is comparable to the boldness of those who created this shameful divide in otherwise wonderful way of life (I won’t call it Hindu way of life for certain reasons) . Many scholars and thinkers have given their views on this issue. I just want to say one thing that casteism and discrimination based on caste is a social evil and social issue and not an economic issue. To eradicate a social issue the country need to adopt a multipronged strategy and many instruments like
a) Acts and legislations to stop discrimination based on caste.
b) Reservation in jobs, promotions, legislature and education.
b) Encouraging those who discard and reject casteism in any forms with rewards and insentives.
are not only required but are must. All this should continue till this evil is eradicated from this country and along with other discriminations from this globe. Occurrence of a single case of polio here and there is leading to Pulse polio drive and repeat of vaccine at interval. Similarly all the three instruments of eradication of casteism should continue till this shameful curse is eradicated completely. We need many more Gurus like Guru Gobind Singh and many more Ambedkars to visit this planet for this to happen. Even one visit of Lord Krishna will be welcome step for this purpose. I am a Jat Sikh who has seen humiliation and the sufferings of human beings at the hands others just because they were borne some where to some one branded as a low caste by the mighty but in less in number members of the so called higher caste. Let us all join to eradicate this worse than polio disease which has the capacity to strike one even before birth. Accept it as a challenge and raise the slogan
"TOGATHER WE WILL ERADICATE CASTEISM". JAI BHARAT.     
 
Hardip Singh Kingra
 
Why target govt property ?
Why is that everyone who has real or imaginary grievance against the establishment targets Government property. Railways seem to be bearing the biggest brunt of violence by all and sundry. Maoists are targetting the road and rail with such ferocity. What happened to Gyanshewari Express in Midnapur is so very tragic killing over 140 people and injuring 250.That  our ministers should play politics over the dead and wounded is so very shameful and distressing. We are victims of the worst form of governance in this country.
Aarti Khosla